A list of good reads
- Glamour has a useful read on how ‘menstrual mapping’ can help you get a better night’s sleep. Yes, there is a reason why you’re sleepless at a certain time of the month.
- The New Republic looks at how mainstream media’s doomsday coverage of climate change is not helping at all.
- Did you know that there are six types of skin—based on skin tone—that matter when you buy skincare? Vogue UK explains. FYI: We’re always a bit skeptical about beauty mag content but, hey, given how much us brown girls struggle to get the right products….
- BBC Future has an intriguing read on how colours affect your state of mind—and why some jails started painting prisoner cells pink.
- Phillipa Perry’s Guardian column lays out the brutal truth about dating men in her 50s.
- Slate rounds up the best death scenes in fiction—including TV, books, theatre and movies.
- The New York Times (splainer gift link) has a thought-provoking read on the great value of the friends you make at your very first job.
- Quartz tells you all about corporate greenwashing—i.e using your anxiety about climate change to sell stuff—and how to spot it.
- We all know about jet lag—but did you know that it leads to ‘gut lag’? The Stylist explains.
- Bloomberg Businessweek has a fascinating read on sperm extraction—getting sperm out of dead men’s bodies to have their children.
- While the Brits are complaining about insanely hot temperatures, Scroll reminds us how they exploited native punkahwalahs during colonial Indian summers. (h/t founding member Basreena Basheer)
- Barron’s has a surprising read on everything the Harry Potter books get wrong about economics.
- New Indian Express has a lovely piece on Sneha Deepthi—who wants to be the first Indian cricketer to stage a comeback after having a baby.
- There are lots of ‘how to be happy’ essays, but this one from The Atlantic does a great job of summarising the collective wisdom out there.
